Fatima daughter, who was deprived of her long dreams due to the circumstances and is now a shopkeeper, says: “Taliban’s strict laws have caused not only emotional and psychological trauma but also economic trauma in my life.”
Farkhunda Media: she is 23 years old and lives in a family of nine people in one of the districts of Kabul city. she is the sole breadwinner of her family. she struggles with many problems in order to save herself and her family from the chaotic economic situation.
Fatima, who was in the sixth semester of international relations at Ibn Sina University, says: “When the Taliban took over Kabul, they deprived us of education and did not allow me to achieve the dreams and aspirations that I fought for several years, and I completely became a One of the victims of ignorance.
According to her: After she was banned from continuing her studies, she was going through a very unfortunate situation and day by day the situation became more difficult and life became more difficult for her.
Fatima continues: “My father is old and does not have the ability to work. On the one hand, the lack of destiny and the limitations of the Taliban, and on the other hand, the economic problems, were eating me up day by day, and I had no choice but to be patient. I was in a state of despair for almost two years and thought myself an extra being And I would sit for hours and think to myself and say that if I were a boy, maybe I wouldn’t have encountered this day.”
When she realizes that she will no longer be able to achieve the dreams and aspirations that she has been fighting to achieve for several years, she follows another way to at least have one source of income and thus end her economic problems. But she knew that whatever path she chooses in the current situation will lead to difficulties.
she, who had established a handicraft store a year ago, now has 300 housewives, student girls and school teachers directly and indirectly working with him.
Fatima, who created this shop for her and her generation’s financial independence, said: “This job I chose has its own difficulties. Every day I start with the fear that Talib will say something or arrest me, but I have no choice, and if I don’t work, where will I pay for the household expenses?”
She manages this shop while the restrictions on women’s work and life have reached their peak, but she does not submit to such patriarchal rules and fights for her future and her generations.
According to her, most of their productions are Hazargi clothes, hand embroidery, chadors and shoes which are sewn by these 300 women.
Complaining about the decrease in her sales, she said: “Before, our sales were good. People used to come and buy, but after the process of rounding up the girls started, our sales decreased, because most of the families did not leave the house for fear of being arrested. Gathering the girls was not only a mental blow for me, but also an economic blow for me.
According to Fatima, while the conditions are becoming more difficult for women day by day, the busyness of women and girls who pay for their studies through hand embroidery is her only comfort in these days when despair and fear scream from every corner of this city.
A situation has prevailed in Afghanistan where women are not even able to plan their personal life path due to the pressure of restrictions, but these restrictions did not prevent Fatima from achieving her wish and now she is trying harder than before to achieve her goals.
she did not feel disappointed by the restrictions imposed by the Taliban and plans to attract more women to work and expand his production.
Fatima, who emphasizes on individual financial independence, says: “Financial independence is more important in life, so we must try to expand individual financial independence, and every person can achieve financial self-sufficiency in order to lead their self to financial independence through society.”
At the end of her speech, she asked other girls who were unable to continue working and studying: “The imposed restrictions aren’t the reason why we can’t stay at home and be sad, let’s make a way for ourselves. My expectation and wish is that every girl is a Find another way for yourself and don’t stop fighting and hopefully bravely walk on the path of life and there is always a way and you should not be disappointed.
This is despite the fact that it has been more than two years that Afghan girls have been Prohibited from working and studying and the Taliban has imposed strict restrictions on them, and the recent restrictions of the Taliban on women have also followed caused serious domestic and foreign reactions.
Atefa Suhrabi